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Numbers 22:28

Balaam
Miracles and God's intervention

26 And the angel of the LORD moved on ahead and stood in a narrow place where there was no room to turn to the right or left.

27 When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD, she lay down under Balaam, and he became furious and beat her with his staff.

Then the LORD opened the donkey’s mouth, and she said to Balaam, “What have I done to you that you have beaten me these three times?”

29 Balaam answered the donkey, “You have made a fool of me! If I had a sword in my hand, I would kill you right now!”

30 But the donkey said to Balaam, “Am I not the donkey you have ridden all your life until today? Have I ever treated you this way before?” “No,” he replied.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Then the LORD opened the donkey’s mouth, and she said to Balaam, “What have I done to you that you have beaten me these three times?”
KJV
And the LORD opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times?
WEB
The LORD opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam, “What have I done to you, that you have struck me these three times?”
ASV
And Jehovah opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times?
DARBY
And Jehovah opened the mouth of the ass, and she said to Balaam, What have I done to thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times?
BLB
And YHWH opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam, “What have I done to you that you have struck me these three times?”
ÅB
Men Herren åpnet eselhoppens munn, og den sa til Bileam: Hva har jeg gjort deg, siden du nå har slått meg tre ganger?
OTB
Da lot Herren eselet tale, og det sa til Bileam: «Hva har jeg gjort deg siden du har slått meg disse tre gangene?»
B1930
Men Herren oplot aseninnens munn, og den sa til Bileam: Hvad har jeg gjort dig, siden du nu har slått mig tre ganger?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 2 Peter 2:16

    But he was rebuked for his transgression by a donkey, otherwise without speech, that spoke with a man’s voice and restrained the prophet’s madness.

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  • Luke 1:37

    For no word from God will ever fail.”

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  • Exodus 4:11

    And the LORD said to him, “Who gave man his mouth? Or who makes the mute or the deaf, the sighted or the blind? Is it not I, the LORD?

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  • 1 Corinthians 1:19

    For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.”

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  • Romans 8:22

    We know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until the present time.

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